Photography

Best Microscopic-Life Images Of 2009 (PHOTOS)

Posted 12.03.2009 | Green


The BioScapes competition, sponsored by Olympus America, Inc., recognizes microscope photos of plants, animals, and other life-forms that capture the ...

Portraits Of World Leaders: New Yorker Photographer Platon Photographs 44 (PHOTOS)

New Yorker | Posted 11.30.2009 | World


This past September, when nearly all the world's leaders were in New York for a meeting of the United Nations, Platon, a staff photographer for this m...

David Barr's Antarctica: Leopard Seal, Elephant Seal and Penguins (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.22.2009 | Green


David Barr specializes in taking photographs underwater and in Antarctica. From taking photos of dangerous leopard seals underwater to the whole fi...

"Lincoln, Life-Size": Abraham Lincoln's Fascinating Face (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 11.19.2009 | Books


Abraham Lincoln has fascinated people ever since his presidency, and is one of the most visually recognizable presidents in U.S. history. In a new boo...

What Makes A Photo Book A Bestseller?

Photo District News | Conor Risch | Posted 11.18.2009 | Books


For photographers with projects that have commercial potential, book publishing can be lucrative. Just ask Andrew Zuckerman about his books "Wisdom" o...

Paul Nicklen's Polar Obsession Photos

Posted 11.12.2009 | Green


Renowned National Geographic extreme photojournalist Paul Nicklen has released a new book titled Polar Obsession, which chronicles his expedition unde...

Navy SEAL Photos In New Book, "SEAL: The Unspoken Sacrifice" (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Stephanie Freid-Perenchio | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books


Stephanie Freid-Perenchio

After the events of 9/11, I realized that the world of Navy SEALs was still shrouded in secrecy. I wanted to explore and shed light upon this culture that most people had never seen nor fully understood.

INCREDIBLE: Water Droplets Captured In Stunning Photographs With Macro Lens (PHOTOS)

Telegraph | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology


These images have caused a splash - they capture the moment when a tiny droplet of milk hits water. Photographer Corrie White spends hours firing the ...

God Tells Me Things

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 11.02.2009 | Comedy


Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

I guess if I had to sum up all that God has taught me in three points, it would be 1. Keep it real, and 2. People are jerks, so always fake them out.

Bryant Austin's Stunning Whale Photography (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green


Marine Mammal Conservation Through The Arts is producing a documentary about Bryant Austin, a photographer whose life-size photographs of endangered w...

Unexpectedly Beautiful Photos Of Bugs (VIDEO)

Posted 10.23.2009 | Green


Bugs are definitely not the first thing that pops into our heads when we think of beauty... but check out this video of one artist's up close and pers...

What Will Your Book Be?

Eileen Gittins | Posted 10.22.2009 | Books


Eileen Gittins

Capturing one's best images, thinking, learning and experiences in a book need no longer be something most people aspire to but never accomplish.

National Geographic's Photo Contest (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green


The National Geographic International Photography Contest 2009, taking place now, attracts thousands of imaginative and amazing photos from around the...

Phenomenal Photography: Vanity Fair, Steichen and Leibovitz

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 10.09.2009 | Style


Marissa Bronfman

"Vanity Fair Portraits" is the first major exhibition to unite the magazine's historic archive of rare vintage prints with its contemporary photographs.

Irving Penn Dead: Celebrity Photographer Died At 92

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 10.07.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — Irving Penn, whose photographs revealed a taste for stark simplicity whether he was shooting celebrity portraits, fashion, still life...

How "Real People" Help Promote Fashion

Daria Shualy | Posted 10.06.2009 | Style


Daria Shualy

As leading fashion labels have started favoring celebrities to models, younger labels are tapping into the vast pool of "real people" and using them as models.

Edward Burtynsky Oil Exhibit: Examining Our Crude Oil Consumption

Posted 10.05.2009 | Green


The Edward Burtynsky Oil exhibit is on display now until December 13, 2009 at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. This exhibit features l...

Visual Acoustics: Studying the Lessons of Modernity from a Master

Eric Bricker | Posted 10.05.2009 | Entertainment


Eric Bricker

I met the photographer Julius Shulman by chance in the spring of 1999. Unbeknownst to me, that meeting would open a hidden portal to Los Angeles, forever altering the course of my life.

The Vanderbilt Republic Foundation: Something Old, Something New

Stephen Macfarlane | Posted 11.25.2009 | Media


Stephen Macfarlane

A picture taken on film has advantages -- for viewer and subject alike -- that simply don't exist in the world of digital photography.

Kids and Bathtubs: Wal-Mart Employee Labels Parents as Sex Offenders

Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living


Dr. Logan Levkoff

Any of us could be the Demarees. Any of us could receive a knock on our door because someone at a local photo developer can't decipher whether photographs are innocent or malicious.

Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment

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Lauri Lyons

When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.

Jim Carroll, RIP

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders | Posted 11.15.2009 | Style


Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

2009-09-15-CarrollTGS_fp.jpgA little over twelve years ago, Jim Carroll visited my studio to talk about Lou Reed for a film I was directing.

Tracy Raver: Baby Photographer Explains How She Gets The Shot (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.11.2009 | Home


Tracy Raver's photos of babies--particularly sleeping babies--are adorable. The Nebraska-based photographer appeared on the Today Show Friday, Septem...

James Balog: Time-Lapse Proof of Extreme Ice Loss

TEDTalks | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green


TEDTalks

Balog has been going up north to shoot the half-alive ice of the mammoth glaciers for his Extreme Ice Survey, a look at the shocking effects of abrupt climate change in Alaska, Greenland and Iceland.

Rare AP Photo Captures Deadly Attack on U.S. Marine in Afghanistan -- Pentagon Protests

Greg Mitchell | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media


Greg Mitchell

U.S. media outlets have been shamefully reluctant to carry truly graphic images of the cost of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Earlier today, the AP published such a photo.